ToddB64
Elite Member
This is a follow-on report to let you all know what I've found so far at the old water well in the woods on the back of my property. I mentioned this in an earlier post in the Forum Announcements forum post titled "ACE250 LCD Visual Explanations(s)...help !". This was really an inappropriate forum area for this, I realize now. I'm trying to be more aware and hope I picked the right forum for this post.
It was one of those rare winter-time days, with plenty of sunshine and warm temperature in Williamsburg, Ohio. My wife suggested it would be a good time for me to go TH'ing (yeh, I know, she's also a treasure !).
So I grabbed the yellow-fella and headed for the woods. I quickly discovered that there used to be a wire fence around the well, as it was just under the surface of the ground and all the multiple wire strands made the ACE go wild until I moved the coil off the wire and closer to the well. In short order I located and dug up two cast metal parts. The first was a 1976 (patent date) Peerless gear box/crank assembly, found at approx. 6" depth about one foot from the outside of the well wall. It was nasty-rusty, but all of the embossing was clearly visible and it was apparently cast in Cincinnati, Ohio. Next I found a cast metal spigot, again at approx. 6" depth near the well wall. Presumeably, it was on the original manual water pump......you still see a lot of these old crank type pumps completely intact in farm yards out where I live..........they are common everywhere in the USA farm lands I would think. I know these old rusty parts aren't very exciting to read about folks, but it's all I got right now
. At least I found somethun ....give me a break ! :P (I'm really coins & jewelry at heart)
So thats all I have to report right now.
ToddB64 (muddy knees and sore arm, but not discouraged !
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It was one of those rare winter-time days, with plenty of sunshine and warm temperature in Williamsburg, Ohio. My wife suggested it would be a good time for me to go TH'ing (yeh, I know, she's also a treasure !).
So I grabbed the yellow-fella and headed for the woods. I quickly discovered that there used to be a wire fence around the well, as it was just under the surface of the ground and all the multiple wire strands made the ACE go wild until I moved the coil off the wire and closer to the well. In short order I located and dug up two cast metal parts. The first was a 1976 (patent date) Peerless gear box/crank assembly, found at approx. 6" depth about one foot from the outside of the well wall. It was nasty-rusty, but all of the embossing was clearly visible and it was apparently cast in Cincinnati, Ohio. Next I found a cast metal spigot, again at approx. 6" depth near the well wall. Presumeably, it was on the original manual water pump......you still see a lot of these old crank type pumps completely intact in farm yards out where I live..........they are common everywhere in the USA farm lands I would think. I know these old rusty parts aren't very exciting to read about folks, but it's all I got right now
. At least I found somethun ....give me a break ! :P (I'm really coins & jewelry at heart)So thats all I have to report right now.
ToddB64 (muddy knees and sore arm, but not discouraged !
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Assorted Accessories
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Meantime, after work in the evenings I'm planning my test garden and some air tests I want to do with the yella fella.
...heh, heh, heh. 
